[…]ersity Film Unit also had meetings where they would get hold of people to talk to us. And I got hold of Hugh Gray, who was the research at Gaumont British at Shepherds Bush. And it was through him that I was able to do anything at all on films because there's no training, no wa[…]
[…]Cole: Yeah sure, why not?Tom Peacock: So I would go. Now when I start reminiscing I get mixed up with Shepperton, Pinewood, Denham, Riverside Studio, Gaumont-British, Fox in Wembley, all the studios that I worked in you see. When they were busy I would nip in - MGM, and all that you see. But there w[…]
[…]r would have been for each issue?Reg Sutton: I can't remember off hand. I've got a feeling it was probably about 200 because we showed at some of the Gaumont cinemas and Gaumont, we showed at half the Gaumont cinemas, Gaumont showed at the other half, And the reason being that the Gaumont Cinemas we[…]
[…]pier’s motor cars in Acton, splicing ropes for army tents in White City, at an artificers’ guild; used to visit the cinema two or three times a week; Gaumont was a big glass studio in those days; he visited the studio to ask for a job, in photography, and was told to start the next day in the labora[…]
[…] box was - we had very ancient equipment, it was Gaumont Chronos. Alan Lawson: Blimey! David Robson: They were originally […]
[…] at a later period when I was an actor, the Gaumont-British up in Kilburn - because I lived in Golders […]
[…] I get mixed up with Shepperton, Pinewood, Denham, Riverside Studio, Gaumont-British, Fox in Wembley, all the studios that I worked […]
[…] probably about 200 because we showed at some of the Gaumont cinemas and Gaumont, we showed at half the Gaumont […]
[…]And it has a sequel later on, which we'll be talking about. But, during that period, there was the big strike which brought out all the theatres, the Gaumonts, the Granadas, everything. All shut down because projectionists were pulled out on strike by the ETU, which was the organiser for projectioni[…]
[…] What were the cinemas like, and how much did you have to pay to get in?Dicky Leeman: Well I can remember, at a later period when I was an actor, the Gaumont-British up in Kilburn - because I lived in Golders Green - if it was a very wet day, I would go round the agents looking for a job, and then i[…]
